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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Road Trip! /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1334754739 Message started by Dave on 04/18/12 at 06:12:18 |
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Title: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/18/12 at 06:12:18 I just committed to buy a 2007 S40 with only 260 miles on it. It is a 12 hour trip from Kentucky to New York to pick up the bike.....and I will probably drive up on a Friday and back on Saturday. I will be taking a small enclosed trailer that I haul my trials motorcycle in. The trailer is 48" tall, 39" wide, and 8 foot long inside. I imagine I will have to take off the mirrors to make the bike fit inside. Can anyone tell me how tall and long the S40 is? The bike owner is currently not at home and cannot measure the bike for me. Here is a picture of my "rig". |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by bill67 on 04/18/12 at 06:49:16 44 inches tall 90 inches long. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by verslagen1 on 04/18/12 at 07:10:42 Take some allen wrenches along, if it turns out to be too tall, loosen the handlebars and rotate them down. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by MMRanch on 04/18/12 at 08:30:43 Well Dave Welcome to the Simplest motorcycle ever invented sight ! Hope to see ya sometime durning the summer ! Mine is 34 inches wide at the front brake and clutch levers. Nice looking rig ya got there , What did that thing start-out life as ? 8-) |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Double-J-72 on 04/18/12 at 17:55:27 was on way to work -n- had some "issues" -n- was pushing her to work whrn a coworker in a minivan pulled up....loosened the apes -n- loaded her up....fun way to pull up at work. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/19/12 at 04:02:05 697B697B76656A676C240 wrote:
I bought the trailer from a fellow that hauled "show rabbits" all over the country. The good news is the rabbits were in cages and the floor was pretty clean when I got it. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by LANCER on 04/19/12 at 05:29:49 SHOW RABBITS ? ? ? |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by cornfuzed on 04/19/12 at 06:02:29 ;D ;D Yeah Lancer... Show rabbits! ;D ;D http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31MlZ8u3XJL.jpg :o I wouldnt put them in the trailer though! :o |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by ZAR on 04/19/12 at 06:43:45 Cornfuzed I sure would put those "bunnies" in the trailer! AND hire a driver so I could be in the trailer to look after them! 454C5249431710200 wrote:
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by cornfuzed on 04/19/12 at 06:56:53 ;D ;D ;D ;D 011A095B0 wrote:
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by cornfuzed on 04/19/12 at 07:01:48 ;D I cant help it! ;D ;D Showw rabbits! ;D http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2007/10/thumb463x_WhatsOperaDoc-1.jpg |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/19/12 at 07:52:52 No really......show rabbits. They were Netherland Dwarfs. The funny thing was the little stickers in the shape of a bunny that he put on the side of the trailer when he would wi a trophy.....kind of like the little airplane stickers when a pilot makes a "kill". It took me hours to peel the hundreds of stickers off the side of the trailer. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by EJID on 04/19/12 at 08:22:07 So it's a worthy thumper trailer ;D http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Bambi-thumper-adult.png/260px-Bambi-thumper-adult.png |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/19/12 at 08:28:45 1A15161B5F0 wrote:
Good one! You guys are sharp! I was going to leave the sticker that he had placed on the back that read "CAUTION - SHOW RABBITS"....I figured that would pretty much keep the thieves from breaking into the trailer. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Arnold on 04/19/12 at 12:45:09 Just curious, where in NY is the bike? |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/19/12 at 18:54:16 4B5E4546464F5E4F582A0 wrote:
It is in Oceanside, NY. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/29/12 at 04:54:14 I am back with my new bike. The trip was an adventure......and although I probably made a mistake by buying a bike so far away from home......it is a nice bike and I don't regret having done it. I traveled a total distance of 1,400 miles, paid $ 50 in bridge and highway tolls, $ 200 in gas, and it took a bit more than 2.5 days. On the way up I stopped at a place called Bills Old Bike Barn. The place is filled with old motorcycle and other stuff......only $ 5 for a visit and well worth the money. It is located along I-80 in Bloomsburg, PA and a good way to spend an hour or more stretching your legs. Here is a link to the site where you can take a virtual tour: www.billsbikebarn.com The bike is in great shape an only has 265 mile on it. It has a Supertrapp muffler installed, and I really have not had a chance to ride it more than up and down the block - hopefully I will get to do that today. Here is the bike with the original owner seated just before we loaded it up. |
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Title: Re: Road Trip! Post by Dave on 04/29/12 at 04:57:19 I pretty much knew this on the way in......but leaving New York on a Friday afternoon at 4:30 is not a very good idea. It took me almost 4 hours to get out of New York City. I only went about 23 miles in the first 3 hours of driving. Once I got out I drove until about 11:00 and spent the night sleeping next to my new bike in my enclosed trailer. |
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